The principles of diagnosis / by Marshall Hall.

  • Hall, Marshall, 1790-1857.
Date:
1834
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    is colourless and retains the impression left by the pressure of the finger, being equally distinct from the elastic swelling of polysarcia, and the crepitat- ing tumidity of emphysema. 380. It may be proper to add, that the in- flammatory anasarca is more tense and tender under pressure, than that which arises from debi- lity ; and that anasarca of the arm is of more fearful omen even than that of the inferior ex- tremities. 381. I here terminate what I had to say on the diagnosis of the Diseases of Systems. I know that my arrangements will not always bear severe scrutiny by the nosologist; but I am also per- suaded that they will be of use to the young clini- cal student, or practitioner, and this object I es- teem of greater value than the former.